LAjGRAyDEUNIO COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY APRIL 13, 1911.
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Kansas City, April 13. Deaths, In
juries that reach far beyond a hun
dred,, enormous prope rty 'damage, has
Qy , reckoned at a half tnllllan, are
some of the results of a frightful tor
nado which swept Kansas, Missouri
and Oklahoma last night Some of the
more 86t1ous cases follow: " '
Big, Heart, Oklahoma,', JO Injured,
many of whom will die; Chocotah, two
dead; Meeker, four dead; Netawka,
Kansas Towns Spilled.
In Kansas the most serious dam
age consisted of: -.,'.'.,;.. ,-v;.--:. ,
Hiawatha, three' dead and one In
jured; Whiting, one dead and 30 in
jured. "'" :t-:- -In
Missouri the list includes:
' Joplln, one dead and four injured.
Webb City, four Injured. Eskerldge,
' 30 school children injured.
, Nebraska Town Gone.
Whiting , is ; entirely gone and 60
buildings are leveled. It Is miraculous
1 how the death list was kept down to
f-one" for the buildings were scattered
broadcast and with little warning to
the inhabitants of the small town. The
storm was seen approaching and the
people sought the best refuge possible
and with considerable success.
Early this morning the property
damage" is placed at a half million
but it Is believed that this will grow
Jor belated wire, reports telegraphic
communication is difficult and often
Impossible will add to tha total of
property loss and the total death list
ajs well. ' "' '.
" Of thsxlnjured many are so badly
bruised and crushed that recovery is
, impossible. Until the wire service is
repaired it wll be dfficult to get accur
ate figures from the smaller towns In
the path of tne storm'
May Removed In Stock Cars.
Muskogee, Okla., April 13. Forty of
those injured in a hurricane at Big
Heart were taken to Tulsa today in
stock cars for treatment.
Two Other Towns Teel It.
Omaha, April 13 The towns of Snell
and Oconto, Neb., were visited last
night by a tornado that did consider
able damage but there were no fatali
ties. , .
One Thousand Homeless.
Pawhuaskl, Okla., April 13. With
the town of Big Heart practically raz
ed, 1,000 are homeless. Investigation
today showed that the loss to the Osage
nation of Indians, as a. result of the
tornado, exceeds $1,000,000. It is now
known that 10 lost their lives at Big
Heart.
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SOUTH CAROLINA WILL GIVE SUP.
FORT TO THE PRESIDENT.
Movement on foot Today to Gain Gen
eral Favor From Many Stat iv
Washington, April 13. With South
Carolina's republican central commit
tee announcing the endorsement of
William H. Taft for renominatlon, tbe
friends of the president today started
an earnest lineup of other states In an
effort to bring about his renominatlon
Leaders in several 'southern states
have pledged their delegations to Taft;
also a number of east.rn and western
states. -.
Safe Afrenflft-La Grand. 1
George H. Rodd, representing the Mos
ler Safe company of Portland Is a
business visitor in the city tday.
OHIO DEMOCRAT WHO HELD CENTER OF DEMOCRATIC GATHERING
AT IXDIANAFOLIS TODAY.
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at all on the republican house com
mittees. . Humphrey, Incidentally,
was the author of the Ballinger In
vestlgatlon bill. ; '.
CopjTlsht. 1910, by American Press Association.
. Indianapolis, Ind April 13. Judson Harmon, the Ohio democrat, ' was
the chief figure in today's democratic confab at which victory in 1912 is the
fundamental cry and that he was the central figure is all the more re
markable because such men as Brya n, Woodrow Wilson, Thomas P. Mar
shall and others wre present. Other democratic leaders of national promi
nence who joined In sounding the keynotes' for the 1912 campaign are Gover
nor Fobs of Massachuetts, Governor Burke of North Dakota, former Gover
nor Folk of Missouri, former Governor Peck of Wisconsin, former Goversor
McCreary of Kentucky and former Governor McCorkle of West Virginia.
SHIPMENT FROM LAGRANDE GETS
HIGHEST KNOWN PRICE.
AH Records In Portland Markets Bro
ken Yesterday.
La Grande beef cattle yesterday es
tablished a new record of distinction
when a shipment sent to Portland by
McKennon & Chandler broke all rec
ords for high prices in the Portland
markets.' Tae Journal of yesterday
EtateF: .
Portland today paid the record
price for cattle of all descriptions.
For fancy grain fed stock from
La Grande 7 per hundred pounds
wa3 secured, while a lot of hay
fed stock from central Oregon
went at $6.90. These' transactions
were the highest prices ever re
ceived In this market for this time '
of the year.
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Pullman, Wn ApiH 13. The hard
:st April freee in years practically
destroyed all fruits in the Snake river
district last night. The loss is esti
mated at a half million at the. very
least. Peaches, aprlcsjs and cherries
werci , completely killed while plums
and. prunes may yield a half crop at
the best. The mercury registered 18
degrees below freezing.
Medford Suffers but L.'ttle.
-Medford, April U. Frost laBt night
practically did no damage to the fruit
on accoui or smudge fires. The same
is true In Marlon county. :
tfv;-. . inm vinuiiv umivti
Boise. April 13 Frost did heavy
damage to cherries, peaches and ap
tit ots in this district. Apples not far
advanced, suffered little here, and but '
slightly In southern Idaho. '.' '
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UNION OUTPUT OF FRUIT TO BE
HANDLED FROM PORTLAND.
Exchange Created a Year Ago Ago Se.
cures Contract for Union.
Union,f April 13. (Special) At v a
largely attended meeting of fruit
growers held at Union Tuesday night,
it was unanimously decided to market
all the fruit produced here through the
Northwestern Fruit txchange whose
headquarters are in Portland. As a
result, the Farmers Union exchange,
perhaps the best organization In East
ern Oregon, contracted with the North-'
weste' Fmlt exchdnge Tor the mar
ketlng of the entire output of their a
sociatlon for the season of 1911.
' The Northwestern Fruit exchange Is
fully equipped with the facilities for
complete marketing. The exchange
claims to have attained exceedingly
high records for fruit this year through
Its comprehensive distribution to all
markets of the world. Other fruit as
sociations of the Grande Ronde valley
are said to be considering the proposi
tion of Joining the exchange and con
tracting for this marketing service.
GATHERING AT JOSEPH LAKE IN
JUNE BIG EVENT.
All State Officers to Be Present Port
land Warehouse Plans.
The Northwestern Fru.lt exchange la
easily confused with the huge co-operative
exchange which is now in the
process of formation also having head
quarters In Portland. The Northwest
ern exchange has been in operatton in
the northwest for a year's time while
the one of which so much has been
said of late, is now in the embryoic
stage. C. S. Williams Is president of
the Union county and Eastern Oregon
branch association which was formed
last Saturday in the city for the pur
pose of joining with the Central ex
change, while B..U. Young of Port
land Is looking after the interests of
the Northwestern exchange In this val
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farmers but enjoy the outing which
the trip -will afford them.
Warehouse Plans Programing,
it is' announced today that the tn
W. McAUistsr, state president ofiat ata terminal warnhnnan at Pnrtlnnrl
d armers union, naa completed win be. readv bv July 1. v The Colum-
jnany of the arrangements for the gath
many of the arrangements for the
gathering of Farmers' union members
of Baker, Union, Umatilla and Wal
lowa counties at the head of Joseph
late-June" ft, ' and 8. All state offi
cers are planning on b:lng present
atid the gathering Will be the biggest
thing of its kind since the district
meeting tn La Grande some six or sev
en months ago. It is probable that
bia dock No. 2 having GOO feet water
front will e used for this purpose,
The union locals , are growing in
numbers rapidly. Mr. McAllister an
nounces the formation of 13 locals in
Baker county, seven in Union, four
In Wallowa and 17 in Umatilla county,
Senate Clerk , Here.
I Lad Senate Clerk Flagg of St. Hel
ens Is in the city this afternoon on his
tncre win ne a special tram irom La way home from Wallowa county. Mr
uranue ona from tne several counties Flagg Is a ploueer newspaper man of
are expected several hundred who will this state.
not only attend the meeting of the He was clerk of the last senate.
With the possible exception of peara
and peachiy a "nor crop, not a parti
cle of damage has been done as yet
In the Grande Ronde , valley. Apples
have escaped every lr.lury thus far and
the cherries too have fared well. The
fruit situation continues indicative of
banner crops. The tardiness of devel--ment
alone is saving tha' crops from
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Paris, April 13. With dawn of to
day the burning of wineries and pillag
ing of villages in the department of
Marne by wine growers was renewed.
Growers are enraged at the action of
the senate on the champagne lebllng
question. ' At Vejiteill growers bar
racked the town against tha troops,
but wineries are being burned.
Two thousand growers are reported
marching against Theims. Wires are
cut and the newspapers cannot leara
the situation there.
The government has rushed 13,000
troops to Eperney and neighboring
towns to Btop the rioting. Troopa
were ordered to shoot any looters.
It Is estimated 2,000,000 gallons of
champagne haye been emptied Intn tha
streets In two days. r
MRS. RICHARDSON RECOVERS.
Sigs Briore Select Audience and Is to
Appear Before Musical.
The. many friends of Mrs. A. L.
Richardson will be pleased to learn
that she has fully recovered, and that
her reetnt illness in no wise affected
her voice. Mrs. Richardson sang a
solo Sunday morning, April 9, at the
First. Methodist Episcopal church of
Long Beach, Cal.J and was Immediate
ly asked to sing another solo April
23rd. She has also been requested to
sing before the Ebei; club of Long
Beach, one of the Jargcst musical org
anlzatlons of California.
travels throughout Union and Wallo
wa counties for a wholesale grocery
house, tow rides. In a new Flanders
honk wagon which he is decidedly la
love. with.. Mac is getting to be an
auto enthusiast wd can talk wheel
base and sliding gear , with the best
of them. ; ;v ,
NEW CREAMERY ESTABLISHED.
Ward Emlgh of Walla Walla Has Par.
I .; chased Creamery.
R!des In New Honk Wagon, v
E. F. Mcintosh, who travels and
What was until a few days ago tha
Gold Leaf creamery will be opened at
once by Ward Emlgh of Walla Walla.
The Gold Leaf was purchased a faw
days ago by the Blue Mountain Cream
ery company and the site of the Gold
Leaf will be used by Mr. Emlgh. a well
known butter maker of Walla Walla.
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